A fabricated hadeeth about the virtue of Soorat al-Muzzammil

Question

Only recently did I know tha the Prophet (Peace and Blessings be upon him) urged us to read Surat AlMulk to protect us from the punishment of the grave. But I also heard that if you read Surat AlMuzaamil you will become wealthy (rich). Are there any authentic ahadiths to prove this being said from our blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?.

Firstly: What you have read about the virtues of reading
Soorat al-Muzzammil is not correct, rather it is a fabricated hadeeth and it
is not permissible to follow it or take it as evidence.

It was originally narrated from Zirr ibn Hubaysh from Ubayy
ibn Ka’b (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) recited the Qur’aan to me
twice during the year in which he died, and said: “Jibreel (peace be upon
him) told me to recite the Qur’aan to you, and he sends greetings of salaam
to you.” Ubayy said: I said when the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) recited to me: “It is as if it was just for
me; did you single me out for the reward of Qur’aan because of what Allaah
told you?” He said: “Yes, O Ubayy. Any Muslim who recites the Opening of the
Book (al-Faatihah) will be given as much reward as if he recited two-thirds
of the Qur’aan, and he will be given reward as if he had given charity to
every believer, man and woman… and whoever recites Soorat al-Muzzammil will
be relieved of hardship in this world and in the Hereafter.”

Ibn al-Jawzi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: And he
mentioned a reward for every soorah until the end of the Qur’aan… this
hadeeth about the virtues of the soorahs is undoubtedly fabricated.
Al-Mawdoo’aat, 1/391.

Al-Shawkaani (may Allaah
have mercy on him) said: This was narrated by al-‘Aqeeli from Ubayy ibn Ka’b
in a marfoo’ report. Ibn al-Mubaarak said: I think that the Zanaadiqah
fabricated it.

The hadeeth has several isnaads all of which are false and
fabricated… and there is no dispute among the huffaaz that this hadeeth of
Ubayy ibn Ka’b is fabricated. A number of mufassireen were deceived by it
and mentioned it in their Tafseers such as al-Tha’labi, al-Waahidi and
al-Zamakhshari. No wonder, because they were not versed in this area of
knowledge.

Al-Fawaa’id al-Majmoo’ah fi Ahaadeeth al-Mawdoo’ah,
p. 264

The fact that this hadeeth is false was mentioned by Ibn
‘Adiyy in al-Kaamil (7/2588) and by al-Suyooti in al-La’aali
al-Masnoo’ah (1/227) and by al-Dhahabi in Tarteeb al-Mawdoo’aat,
60, and by others.

Note: Many ahaadeeth were
fabricated about the virtues of various soorahs of the Qur’aan. Their
fabricators’ intention was to encourage people to read Qur’aan and devote
themselves to that, and they claimed that they were doing good thereby. But
their intentions were misguided because that is undoubtedly subject to the
stern warning contained in the words of the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him): “Whoever tells a lie about me
deliberately, let him take his place in Hell.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 10;
Muslim, 4. It makes no difference whether the lie is intended for good or
for evil.

Mu’ammil ibn Ismaa’eel (d. 206 AH) investigated this hadeeth
until he found the person who admitted to fabricating it. Mu’ammil said: A
Shaykh told me this hadeeth and I said to him: Who narrated this to you? He
said: A man in al-Madaa’in, who is still alive. So I traveled to go and see
him, and I said: Who narrated this to you? He said: A Shaykh in Waasit. So I
traveled to go and see him, and I said: Who narrated this to you? He said: A
Shaykh in Basrah. So I traveled to go and see him, and I said: Who narrated
this to you? He said: A Shaykh in ‘Abadan. So I traveled to go and see him,
and he took me by the hand and led me into a house, where there were some
Sufi people and a Shaykh with them, and he said: This is the Shaykh who
narrated it to me. I said: O Shaykh, who narrated this to you? He said: No
one narrated it to me; rather we saw that the people had turned away from
the Qur’aan, so we fabricated this hadeeth for them, to turn their hearts
back to the Qur’aan.

Another example is the hadeeth of ‘Ikrimah from Ibn ‘Abbaas
(may Allaah be pleased with him) concerning the virtues of the Qur’aan
soorah by soorah. Its fabricator, Nooh ibn Abi Maryam, was asked about it
and he said: I saw that the people had turned away from the Qur’aan and were
preoccupied with the fiqh of Abu Haneefah and the maghaazi of Muhammad ibn
Ishaaq, so I fabricated these ahaadeeth for the sake of Allaah.